Intervention: Scroll Anchoring

Scroll anchoring adjusts the scroll position to prevent visible jumps (or "reflows") when content changes above the viewport. Scroll anchoring introduces CSS "overflow-anchor" as an opt-out for developers.

Documentation

• https://github.com/WICG/ScrollAnchoring/blob/master/explainer.md

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 56
• Chrome for Android release 56
• Android WebView release 56
• Opera release 43
• Opera for Android release 43

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Public support
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: Public support
• Web Developers: Positive

Owners

• skobes@chromium.org
• ymalik@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14